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0 pointsamelius11mo ago0 comments

We can start by banning ads for products and services that cost money.

> And how would that work over the Internet? Are you going to block foreign websites?

We just address the big platforms. No need to be exhaustive in the first attempt.

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So you put American companies at a disadvantage and that means companies could just advertise on foreign websites. Are you going to block those websites? Again we see it happening today, the American porn websites are losing money to foreign websites owned by MindGeek.

Why wouldn’t the same happen to more mainstream sites.

Do we also ban Netflix and other streaming services from having an ad tier? Do we make all search engines and other content providers for pay?

How do broadcast companies make money without advertising? Do we want the government funding and controlling content?

jychang11mo ago

American websites implement GDPR even though that's an EU law. Websites that are used across geopolitical boundaries will invariably follow US law. There will certainly be a few exceptions, but if the law is written like the GDPR, then they'd be illegally violating the law.

And services like Netflix losing an ad supported tier is just like... Netflix in 2021. I fail to see that as alarming.

scarface_7411mo ago

And how does broadcast Tv work in your no ad supported TV world? Would everyone have to pay for Google for search? Could you not get any news if you couldn’t pay for it?

Websites that do not have any European presence could care less about EU law. I just gave a real world example of what’s going on in the US right now. Florida has a law that says porn sites must have age verification. Xvideos completely ignores the law.

But back to Google, if it weren’t ad supported, does that mean minors couldn’t use it or the poor? Right now, poor and even homeless people can get smart phones for free with data (or use WiFi) from the government.

Would people he don’t have home internet access who can now go to the library not use Google if they don’t pay for it?

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